The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-30

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outfit, and il is now the handsomeSt looking
paper that comes TO this Office.
Many Northern families are now arriving
at Bombay and are much delighted with the
soil and climate. The regular cooling sea
breeze is q surprise 10 them all.
The recent rains have been very favora-
bic 70 growing crops around Bombay. Cot
ton and cane look well, and corn especially
bears the promise of good field.
The demand for the Town Company's lots
at Bombay is increasing daily, and explodes
the idea that many people hold that Florida
is only suitable as a winter resort.
A party of young gentlemen in Orlando
are making arrangements TO give an ex-
cursion over the Tavares, Orlando and
Apopka railroad to Silver Springs at an
early date.
The members of the Orlando Presbyterian
church held Sunday school and divine SER
vice jim the court house building last Sun
day, their church having been destroyed by
fire Friday night.
At Chipley this is the dullest season for
trade. being just i'll advance of the wool re-
turns. vet merchants say that trade is as
good, if not better than they have ever seen
1t before at this time.
Over 81, 900 have been subscribed for the
erection OF the Congregational church at
Orlando, and not more than a dozen names
signed 10 the list. The church will no doubt
be erected by the coming winter.
On the morning after the burning of the
Orlando Presbyterian church, gentleman
not member of any church. stepped up TO
Dir. R. Gillian and handed him check for
$50 to aid the members in building a new
church.
At Vernon the clerk of court, with his
eight assistants, is still busy recording
deeds, principally of the st. Andrews Rail-
road Land aud Mining Company. There
seems to be no diminution in the number of
deeds for record.
At Lloyds a colored boy known
as Big Parrish, while hunting, thrust
his arm into hollow log in
search of a rabbit and was badly bit
ten by snake. His arm is badly swollen
and the injury may prove fatal.
Bombay expects soon to have a paper, an
arrangement being all but concluded by the
Town Company and some Northern men to
sell the old restaurant building for that pur-
pose. 1t is thought that paper would pay,
us it will be the only one in Holmes county
A young man of Barlow, one evening
last week, won his way to fame and dis
tinction by sucking thirty eggs, on wager,
at one sitting The same young gentleman
afterward tested the capacity of his stomach
by slowing away in it no less than forty
two oranges.
Porter Hardy, of Petersburg, Va, who
some few days since accepted the call of the
Young Mems Christian Association at
Orlando to act as general secretary of the as
ISOLATION In that city, will arrive by May 10,
and be rendered a reception by the Ladies'
Auxiliary, and the members of the associa-
ton.
The following named are the officers of
the Pensacola fire department, elected at the
recent annual meeting OF the association
James Whitehead, Chief; John Dommiclz
First Assistant Chief; J. n. Andrews, Sec
ond Assistant Chief; James Wilkins, Presi-
dent; A. G. Moreno, Vice President; Daniel
Bergin, Secretary.
Judge McClellen will at Ce,ro Ciordo on
Monday week decide as to the legal rights OF
Cerro Gordo to the county site. 1t seems il
was located there some considerable time age
| for ten years. The period having lapsed and
no action having been taken by the County
! Commissioners for the second period, the
} people now want ruling on the matter.
I Col. Langdon, commanding Forts Pick
ems and Barrancas, will grant no more
passes, until further notice, to visit Fort
Picl1ens and the Indian prisoners. 1t is he
ported that the issuing of these orders hal
been somewhat fastened by the fact thai
two men under the influence of liquor were
brought to Fort Pckens last week by {
large excursion party.
| Capt. SlusSer purchased not long since tn,
beautiful point of land extending out int,
I the Gulf five miles below st. Marks, know
as Sprague's Point, and is arranging to erec
on it a large and commodious hotel Tn
point is said TO be higher than the one Oh
which the lighthouse is situated, and was a
one time. many years ago the site of a larg
| hA nj NAFuC Low.
resort The beach there is sandy and slopin,
and the bathing fine.
Tallahassee 1dlIuhasseon: One of OIL
Wakulla subscribers tell us Of big phos
phate hunt that our worthy postmaster re
Gently had on the Wakulla river 1t seem
that the judge had gathered about as mucI
phosphate samples as his buggy could haul
but some one induced him to dig near tn
Oil Still. Here the Judge found ricl
deposit, it was so different from any that h
had in his buggy and seemed so far supe
rior that he at once decided to throw ava,
all but this. 1t was beautiful phosphate
deposit; the more the judge looked at it tn
more he admired it, After securing tn
first right tn purchase the land he strucl
out to Tallahassee to exhibit his sample anC
have it analysed. The chemist pronounce
the Jumps OF phosphate" fair sample o
waste resin. An old turpentine still stoot
| llflb place DeIpTe Jfle war. ne 1uICI
is not in the phosphate business now.
The following, clipped from some one O
the newspapers of Florida. appeared in tn
WEEKLY NEWS OF March 26 "Luciu
Coffee, while intoxicated Saturday night
killed negro at Cherry Lake neighbor
hood, i'll Madison, Fla, chopping hin
to pieces with an ak, and then
while still crazed with liquor, sEo
and killed himself Mr. A. j. Coffee
the father OF the young man, says that tn,
above is false. He says that the followin:
special dispatch to the MORNING NEws from
Madison, which appeared in the WEEK.,
NEWS ct March 10, is about correct 1t i
Reproduced in justice to the young man
family: 1.-THE community was great,
shocked TO learn the sad news to-day tina
Lucius Coffee, son Of Col. A. J. Coffee, liv
ing about nine miles north of here, had acct
dentally killed himself last night. Yo,ml
Coffee had spent yesterday in Quitman
While returning home he stopped at hous
on the way and examined his pistol, whlcl
went Off, the ball entering his cheek
came out through the top of his head, caus